Posts Tagged ‘security-council’

Syria massacre toll passes 100

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called to discuss a massacre in Syria hears that 108 people were killed and 300 injured.

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Syria massacre toll passes 100

Syria Denies Responsibility in Brutal Attack

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

The United Nations Security Council was set to meet over the killings of more than 90 villagers, including 32 children, which its top officials have sharply denounced.

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UN condemns Syria bomb attacks

Friday, May 11th, 2012

The UN Security Council condemns bomb attacks which killed at least 55 people near an intelligence complex in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

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‘Last chance’ to avoid Syria war

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Kofi Annan tells the UN Security Council that his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria.

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France raises Syria use of force

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

France says the UN Security Council should consider the use of force in Syria if a UN-backed peace plan fails to stop violence in the country.

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Annan ‘alarmed’ at Syria violence

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Kofi Annan tells the UN Security Council he is alarmed that reports of killings in Syria continue, despite the ceasefire that he brokered being in place.

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VIDEO: Targeted for talking to UN monitors?

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

The UN special envoy, Kofi Annan, has told the Security Council that Syria is still witnessing unacceptable levels of violence, despite a ceasefire being in place since 12 April.

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VIDEO: Targeted for talking to UN monitors?

UN weighs up Syria monitor plan

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

The UN Security Council draws up a draft resolution would send 300 monitors to Syria, after divisions remain among member states over the details.

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UN weighs up Syria monitor plan

UN condemns North Korea launch

Monday, April 16th, 2012

The UN Security Council condemns last week’s failed rocket launch by North Korea and says it will impose further sanctions.

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UN condemns North Korea launch

Monday, April 16th, 2012

The UN Security Council condemns last week’s failed rocket launch by North Korea and says it will impose further sanctions.

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Monitors poised for Syria mission

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

An advance team of UN monitors prepares to go to Syria within hours of a Security Council vote, with the ceasefire reportedly close to collapse.

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U.N. votes to send monitors to Syria amid shaky truce

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to send up to 30 U.N. blue berets to Syria as the spearhead of a U.N. monitoring mission charged with reinforcing a shaky two-day cease-fire between the Syrian government and armed insurgents. Read full article > >

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UN backs plan for Syria monitors

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

The UN Security Council agrees to send an advance team of monitors to Syria, as violence in some areas appears to be endangering the ceasefire.

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UN set to vote on Syria monitors

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

Members of the UN Security Council are set to vote on a resolution outlining the deployment of monitors to Syria to oversee a ceasefire.

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UN ‘deplores’ North Korea launch

Friday, April 13th, 2012

The UN Security Council deplores the launch by North Korea of a rocket and satellite which broke up shortly after take-off.

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